MD & DO co'21 Residency Panic thread

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scrublyfe21 said:
I actually appreciate that kind of question where they give you a case and ask how you approach it rather than “A fib with RVR how do you treat?!?! Quick they’re dying!”

Had a good conversation with an interviewer about how tricky it is managing bounce-backs complaining of back pain specifically.
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yeah those sounds fun. And are expected i guess. They want people that are curious.

But i got the same experience as @iamarosepetal. Just getting pimped on NYHA class types and potential treatments is weird.

Its not like it was hard questions. They were just weird.

In an interview I would think they would want to try to get to know me. Not confirm my board scores.
 
NecrotizingFasciitis said:
Guys I had that “moment” today; I think I just interviewed at the perfect program for me
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I had that on tuesday. Congrats! Its a great feeling!

The only con is you have a different expectation when you go on other interviews. At least for me it got a little harder to feign interest in some programs when you already found the right program haha.
 
I interviewed at a program that I really liked! Got really good feedback from my interview and felt like I jived with the faculty. The only thing is... almost the entire class is IMG, Im a DO. Shame, because I really liked the PD. Definitely still ranking it though.
 
bigindian4891 said:
I interviewed at a program that I really liked! Got really good feedback from my interview and felt like I jived with the faculty. The only thing is... almost the entire class is IMG, Im a DO. Shame, because I really liked the PD. Definitely still ranking it though.
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You're a big indian though. You'll probably be fine!
 
Trying to decide how much prestige should play into my rank list.....I don’t care about it as much for myself since that will fade pretty quickly, but it probably matters for jobs to some degree. Seems to be the case for rads in particular
 
underthesun said:
Trying to decide how much prestige should play into my rank list.....I don’t care about it as much for myself since that will fade pretty quickly, but it probably matters for jobs to some degree. Seems to be the case for rads in particular
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From what I’ve been told, at least for PP it’s mostly going to be regional and the local university program grad will typically be favored over the OOS grad from a bigger name place.
 
getfat said:
I had that on tuesday. Congrats! Its a great feeling!

The only con is you have a different expectation when you go on other interviews. At least for me it got a little harder to feign interest in some programs when you already found the right program haha.
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I’m struggling. There are 4 programs that I feel absolutely great about. I honestly can’t decide how to rank the order.
 
jets46 said:
I’m struggling. There are 4 programs that I feel absolutely great about. I honestly can’t decide how to rank the order.
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Have you used the scoring system? For the ones I am not confident in ranking, I think it is also helpful to reach out to mentor and seek their opinions after you finish interviews
really!!me?! said:
We will get cancelled interviews hopefully...though I heard the ones that chose you first will rank you higher...I have no basis for this just rumors...
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Not necessarily true I think...If you interview well and fit well you may get ranked higher vs the one who got chose first but does not fit or interview horribly...
 
frenchyn said:
Have you used the scoring system? For the ones I am not confident in ranking, I think it is also helpful to reach out to mentor and seek their opinions after
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I have not. What is that? I was thinking about writing a pros and cons list.
 
jets46 said:
I have not. What is that? I was thinking about writing a pros and cons list.
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I have not used it personally YET...and I am sure there are many versions of scoring systems...I know in the book the road to residency and beyond, the author suggested a pretty detailed scoring system...
 
frenchyn said:
I have not used it personally YET...and I am sure there are many versions of scoring systems...I know in the book the road to residency and beyond, the author suggested a pretty detailed scoring system...
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The NRMP app has a way for you to rate different aspects about programs. I think it’s pretty helpful for a way to rationalize one place vs. another
 
Huggy said:
Still have 0 derm interviews. Got 100% of my prelim and TY interviews tho.

Hopefully, this makes you all feel better about where you're at lol
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You must be knowing by now all the derm big guns doing coordinated release nov 24-25 and the smaller programs will follow later. So you will get them for sure. Nerve racking though...
 
Is everyone applying primary care doing well with interviews? I applied to over 100 primary care programs and still only have a handful of interviews. I did get a few reach programs though. I don't know what is wrong with my app still.
 
really!!me?! said:
We will get cancelled interviews hopefully...though I heard the ones that chose you first will rank you higher...I have no basis for this just rumors...
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That makes sense this year that programs gave out their early interviews to the people they really want on paper. Atleast going off my interview experiences so far, I got the impression that they already knew where I’d land on their list because with the exception of 1-2 interviewers we just kill the 20 minutes talking about my weird hobbies. Nothing about the program, my app, or even why them.

I think the whole concept of tanking your chances by being weird or off-putting will be true but really winning them over will probably be rare.
 
scrublyfe21 said:
That makes sense this year that programs gave out their early interviews to the people they really want on paper. Atleast going off my interview experiences so far, I got the impression that they already knew where I’d land on their list because with the exception of 1-2 interviewers we just kill the 20 minutes talking about my weird hobbies. Nothing about the program, my app, or even why them.

I think the whole concept of tanking your chances by being weird or off-putting will be true but really winning them over will probably be rare.
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i feel like it's easier to win people over if they're longer than 10 minutes smfh. There were some interviewers I had where we just clicked because they used to share a similar hobby lol. but then had one interview where all the other interviews were perfect...and then the last one, the guy was upset i said "as a woman in surgery" and cut me off and said women in surgery don't have trouble now :dead: Um... ok when ur pregnant and operating we can talk
 
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iamarosepetal said:
i feel like it's easier to win people over if they're longer than 10 minutes smfh. There were some interviewers I had where we just clicked because they used to share a similar hobby lol. but then had one interview where all the other interviews were perfect...and then the last one, the guy was upset i said "as a woman in surgery" and cut me off and said women in surgery don't have trouble now :dead: Um... ok when ur pregnant and operating we can talk
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Ah of course, sexism is solved now that some programs have majority women classes.

Racism also ended the moment Obama became president.
 
really!!me?! said:
We will get cancelled interviews hopefully...though I heard the ones that chose you first will rank you higher...I have no basis for this just rumors...
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I’m sure this is very program dependent. Most places sent out regional invites without even fully reviewing apps from out of region.
 
mandu_cheeks said:
you can't drop that on us and not give us the rest of the deets!
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We were interviewing in New York and were both from the same area. We talked a few times through the day--all professional.

I asked her that if she would be willing to let me drive home with her (so that I wouldn't have to take a Megabus), and she responded that she was going to ask me the same thing but didn't want to be creepy!

She told her mom and boyfriend that she was giving me a ride, and we just had a great x-hour ride together talking about life without any underlying flirtation or anything. A few months later, the boyfriend was gone, she sent me an email, we went out for coffee, and now we're MARRIED. 🙂!
 
Quick vent/question:

WHY IN TARNATION IS A 4TH YEAR AUDITIONER ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT A MEET AND GREET

Like I get it, youre currently rotating there and know the residents by name (she then went off to name all the residents she could remember). But let the residents answer first, I dont give a hoot about your opinion from being there less than a month. I'm sure you know that the patient population is underserved, but let the freaking resident answer that. Also whats the point of you coming to the meet and greet, you obviously already know everybody! One of the residents kept rolling his eyes, which made me feel normal. But the rest of the applicants seemed very interested in what the student had to say.

For going into a field where social skills are very necessary, some students have ZERO social awareness. How the hell did they make it this far??!

/rant
 
To be MD said:
We were interviewing in New York and were both from the same area. We talked a few times through the day--all professional.

I asked her that if she would be willing to let me drive home with her (so that I wouldn't have to take a Megabus), and she responded that she was going to ask me the same thing but didn't want to be creepy!

She told her mom and boyfriend that she was giving me a ride, and we just had a great x-hour ride together talking about life without any underlying flirtation or anything. A few months later, the boyfriend was gone, she sent me an email, we went out for coffee, and now we're MARRIED. 🙂!
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There are way to many gaps in this story
 
iamarosepetal said:
My friend surprisingly got a trickle invite from a top program in February and that's where she ended up matching!!!! But it's a lot harder to knock it out of the park over zoom.
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That’s awesome! Just kind of goes with my point of once you get the interview, you’re in the game.
 
Hey Frogger, if your webcame is < 720P I would buy one.
If you have something like a macbook from the last 3 years, that's all standard. My wife has a 720P camera and bought a 1080P webcam, and, to be honest, it does not look as good in interviews as just her computer's cam... so for us at least, a new camera was not worth it.


Frogger27 said:
Did anyone buy a webcam and use that instead of computer webcam? If so, what webcam and was it worth it?
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Anyone else find themselves really loving a lot of the programs they are interviewing at? I have a “rank list” going that I update after every interview and I would seriously be happy at my top 4 programs so far. Idk how I’m ever going to solidify my actual rank list.
 
cjcarter said:
Anyone else find themselves really loving a lot of the programs they are interviewing at? I have a “rank list” going that I update after every interview and I would seriously be happy at my top 4 programs so far. Idk how I’m ever going to solidify my actual rank list.
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Very much so. Like I am gonna be ranking purely on location to break ties cuz everything else is similar and I’m liking them. It’s a good problem to have!
 
cjcarter said:
Anyone else find themselves really loving a lot of the programs they are interviewing at? I have a “rank list” going that I update after every interview and I would seriously be happy at my top 4 programs so far. Idk how I’m ever going to solidify my actual rank list.
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I have a top 4 but would definitely be kinda disappointed if I fell out of that haha.
 
Frogger27 said:
Did anyone buy a webcam and use that instead of computer webcam? If so, what webcam and was it worth it?
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And follow-up, is anyone using a nice microphone (yeti blue, etc). I have a friend who is a podcaster who is using it for interviews and says it is great
 
cadingcading said:
Is everyone applying primary care doing well with interviews? I applied to over 100 primary care programs and still only have a handful of interviews. I did get a few reach programs though. I don't know what is wrong with my app still.
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I have 13 out of 37 programs I applied to for FM. Average DO student with slightly below average COMLEX and no USMLE. No programs I have ties to though which is SUPER weird in my opinion. My home state and hometown programs have ghosted me.
 
Frogger27 said:
And follow-up, is anyone using a nice microphone (yeti blue, etc). I have a friend who is a podcaster who is using it for interviews and says it is great
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I run an upgraded webcam and blue yeti mic. I also have studio lights for better lighting (already had these as I do some product photography). It is absolutely worth it to upgrade these things in my opinion. Especially audio. There is nothing worse than being on a zoom call with someone with sh***y audio.
 
Frogger27 said:
And follow-up, is anyone using a nice microphone (yeti blue, etc). I have a friend who is a podcaster who is using it for interviews and says it is great
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I have a blue yeti. It is a very nice mic and easy to set up/use. I'm also a podcaster and music recorder lol.
 
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